Book cover



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BOOK COVER Filed June 22. 1932 INVENTOR .M4/v jf/L25.

Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITED STATES MAX naiss.. or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Boox COVER `Application led June 22,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in book covers,and moreparticularly it pertains to protective covers for books. f

A feature of the invention resides in a nove construction whereby a bookcover constructed in accordance with the present invention may be usedwith books of various sizes within certain limitations.

A further feature of the invention resides in a novel constructionwhereby the protective cover may be readily attached to or removed froma book with ease and facility.

A still further feature of the invention resides in a construction whichis cheap and economical of manufacture and highly eilicient for thepurposes for which it is intended.

The invention will be clearly understood from the accompanying drawingwhich illustrates the invention in its preferred form and the followingdetailed description of the construction therein shown.

In the drawing;

Figure l is a perspective View of a book with a cover constructed inaccordance with the present invention partially attached thereto, andillustrating the manner in which the protective cover is retained inposition upon the book,

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of a book having a protective coverconstructed in accordance with the present invention, attached thereto,and;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure1.

A book cover constructed in accordance with the present inventionconsists of a rectangular sheet of suitable flexible material whichconstitutes the main body portion 5 of the cover.

The sheet ordinarily would be of greater length than width althoughother shapes of blanks may at times be resorted to in the manufacture ofcovers for use on books of other than standard shapes and sizes.

1932. serial N. 618,628.

book cover receiving pockets l1 at each end 55 I of the cover. It is tobe understood that the lines of fold 10 are not lixed, but areVdetermined solely by the size of the book cover to which the protectivecover is to be attached,

thus rendering each protective cover capable AV of use on books of manydifferent sizes:

When the sheet has been folded inwardly to provide the pockets 11, abook cover suchv as 15 is inserted into the pocket at one end asillustrated in Figure 1` of the drawin 05 yafter which the protectivecover is wrapped around the book and the other cover 16 'of the bookinserted into the coverreceiving pocket at the other end of the blank.The protective cover may now be adjusted with relation to the book sothat it will lie smoothly thereon as illustrated in Figure 2 of thedrawing. v

Means is provided toretain the protective cover against accidentaldisplacement or undue shifting relative to the bookv cover and as hereinillustrated, this means consists of longitudinally extensible strips l5,each of which has a hook 16 for engagement with the end edges of thebook covers.`

These extensible strips l5, I prefer to construct from elastic webbingand they are secured to the inner face 8 of the blank at each cornerthereof as at 18, with the `longitudinal 'F 4 axis of each stripextendingsubstantially at i places the strips15 under sufficient tensionto :tween the'book coversand the adjacent porfrom relatively thin stiffmaterial such as light metal, celluloid or the like and are securedtothe free ends of the strips in any desired manner.

When the protective ycover has been applied to a book as abovedescribed, the strips 15 and their hooks 16 will be positioned betweenthe book covers and the adjacent portions of the protective cover withthe hooks 16 unattached to the book covers, although in placing theprotective cover on the book, two of the hooksmayV be engaged with. thebook. covers before the protective cover is completely positionedthereon as illustrated in Figure 1.V With the parts in the positiondescribed, it is only necessary to partiallyfopen the book in whichposition all of the strips and hooks will become accessible and may-beengaged with the book coversto secure the protective cover in position.

Itwill benoted that in attaching the vhooks tothebookcovers,- eachliookis engaged with that edgeof the book cover opposed to the edgeadjacent the attachment of the strip by -which the hook is carried. Thisoperation insure against accidental displacement of the hooks relativeto the book covers thereby lholding-theY protective cover in place uponthe book and also stretching it smoothly thereover.

When the protective cover has been finally positioned upon a book,v thestrips 15 and the major. portions of the hooks 16 will lie betions ofthe protective cover andwill be hiddenfrom view except for a smallportion ofeach hook as illustrated'in Figure 2.

From the foregoing, it willA be apparent that the present inventionprovide-s a new andnovelprotective cover forbooks which is capable ofuse with books of different sizes, which is easily. and quicklyremovable or attachable to booksand which,y when in positionupon labook, will be held securely iny proper positionr thereon.

While the invention has beenA herein d1s.

/closed in a preferred form, it is to be understood that itisnot to beconstrued as limited tothe specific construction herein shown, and thatit may be embodied in suchfother forms as rightfully fall within thescope of the appendedfclaims.

Having thus described the invention, whatV is claimed as new, and whatitV is desired to secure by Letters Patent: of the United States, is

,1. A protective cover for books comprising a rectangular sheet ofsuitable material vadapted to be folded to receive the covers of a book,and means carried by each side yof said sheet for engagement with abookV cover for holding the protective cover in position upon a book.

2.Y A.r protective coverV for bookslcomprising,

i holding the protective cover in position upon a book, said lastmentioned means comprismglongitudinally extensible members,` and a hookfor engagement with an edge of a book cover, there being a hook carriedby each of said longitudinally eXtensible members.

4. A protective cover for books, comprisinga rectangular sheet offlexible material, andfmeans'at each. corner of said sheet forattachment of the coverto a book, said means comprising an elastic stripsecured at one end to the innerk facey ofthe protective cover and havingafree end, and abook cover engaging hook carriedby the. freeV end ofeachV ofsaid elastic strips.

5. In combination with a book, a removable protective cover therefor,said protective cover comprising a rectangular sheet of flexiblematerialhaving its side edges foldedF inwardly of its vbodyportiontoprovide open book cover, receiving pockets, vanelastic strip secured toyeach end of eachinwardly foldedy side edge yand'extendingtransverselyof the sheetavnd a book cover engaging hook secured to theV free endofeach of saidelastic strips.

p Signedat New York'city,fBronX County, this QOthday offfJune 1932. l

MAX naiss;

